Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-08-07
.horn is no trickerv on the part of the

there is no trickery on the part OF the
jewellers" -
con for that matter, they are up 10
same dCdgrs. too. wish you would warn
ladies' who have horror OF imitation dia-
mouds' that when they wear Lake George,
Colorado. California aud other diamonds
rs well Us rhinestone, they are wearing
nothing more nor less than what Is tecUhi-
cally called. lead paste Here's something
else: \ great many people hnd trans,
parent pebbles, take them to be cut, ana
often yet back Il stone twice the SIZE oil inc
original. Sometimes they notice the an
ference, but generally they don't. Well
now, suppose you take an interesting
walk with your young lady, find pebble
and intend to have it cut and presented 10
her as a mementO of the occasion. lou
carry il to a lapidary. What does the lap,
idary do? As soon as your back Is turned
ne chucks your pebble out of the window,
selects ready-cut stone form his collection
80 near the size Of yours ~ pOsslole-li he
can't get one exactly the same he takes
bigger one, thus showing 4 sublime KNOW
ledge of human nature. You call, pay lot
the cutting, and your girl wears the zap
idary's stone, cOntentedly. Where lgnor-
,nce is bliss, you know. The fact is that
these ready-cut pebbles can he bought from
abroad nj about one-tenth the cost OF cut
ting They are extremely common III
some countries.
"Now, I'll give away one more interest
ms fact At one of our fashionable water
iuT- places-l dare say about the most fash
< - he local
lapidary does nice business IN moon
stones; this is how he does 1t. Tie has
few on view, and if stranger asks about
them he is told that they are to be found
ON the beach, and that they are well worth
looking tor. The guileless stranger
straightway begins to take his seaShore
constitutionals with his eyes fixed on the
ground. BY and by he finds pebble ana
takes it to the lapldary.'
Sure enough You've struck moon
stone. Your luck's ill.,, says that man,
who so palpitates with philanthropy that
he puts all his brethren in the way OF PICK
mg up precious stones, as pigeon picks
mp peas. ...,., anil emf + f,r me -, s,vs
! the stranger.
certainly, Itpll'N th' p'iIA1ii'A''
| Accordingly the stranger departs ana
comes again in 4 few days. lie receives a
Genuine moonstone, but when ii Is under
stood that it costs the lapidary much Less
than his charge for the fictitious cutting
if will be seen how he comes out ahead.
"But we in America are not yet 50 far
advanced as they are at Brighton, Eng
land, where bogus emeralds are continually
being found and cut, the supply being
kept up by green glass thrown into the
water, so rs to give the lapidarics some-
thing to do.
BY the way, must tell you of some
curious things that have come under my
observation. In Montana pretty little
red, green and blue sapphires are often
found in the sluice-bOXes when washing
for gold. In Arizona garnetS, called
there rubies, and perdots, known
rs Jobs tears from their
form, are found frequently on ant-hllls,
whittier the have been carried by ants AMI
scorpions. Again, there are microscopic
diamonds. These have been discovered in
America in platinum sand.
They must be rather small, might
make a breastpin for fly, | suppose
"No, they wouldn't ! think they
would be hardly biz enough for mos
quito" said the expert. Then he reached
down 4 box aud began to finger 4 fortune
in Jewels, aud the reporter departed Tor
fear of kleptomauia.